Givenchy SS15

Mon, Sep 29

If there’s one thing that Givenchy creative director, Ricardo Tisci has in spades, it’s sex appeal. Bounds and bounds of it. While the rest of the fashion world was doing 70s-esque boho, Tisci was sticking to what he does best: leather, lace and little black dresses.

On the Catwalk

Backstage, Tisci told fashion editors that his inspirational references were Tyrolean (traditional Austrian) costumes, pinball machines and his Givenchy roots – which date back to a decade ago. He said that there wasn’t enough tough, sexiness in the market today, so he was gong to bring it back. Models, including Autumn/Winter campaign star Kendall Jenner, Natasha Poly, Joan Smalls, ELLE favourite Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and Australians Catherine McNeil and Julia Nobis were sent down the runway in a mostly monochromatic palette, there were studs, deep-v necklines and lace aplenty – with many a lace-up, over-the-knee boot.

The Front Row

Of course, it wouldn’t be a Givenchy show without and A-list front row. There to support their close friend, collaborator and bridal gown designer, were the Kardashian-Wests, Kim, Kanye, baby North West and Kris Jenner. While front row heavyweights, Carine Roitfeld and daughter Julia Restoin-Roitfeld, Anna Dello Russo, Rachel Zoe, Miroslava Duma, Hanneli Mustaparta , Juilette Binoche, Clotilde Courau and Ciara were also in attendance, Most of which were dressed in their Tisci finest.

Backstage beauty: Hair and Makeup

For the Givenchy makeup look, artistic legend Pat McGrath (who also crafted the beautiful cat’s eyes at Dolce & Gabbana) bleached the model’s brows to emphasize the dramatic, sweeping brown wings over the eyes. “Riccardo wanted the girls to look angry,” she explained backstage, and that they did – like angry, creatures straight out of a renaissance or future-primitive styled painting, in a bad ass costume. Those wanting to recreate this look are in luck too - Givenchy makeup has recently re-launched in Australia and is now available at Sephora in Sydney.